Peru Seizes Over 7 Tonnes Of Cocaine In Europe

PERU - Peruvian officials intercepted 7.2 tonnes of drugs concealed in wooden tiles en route to Europe.

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BTVI Spreading Wings to Exuma

Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Exuma, the Honourable Chester Cooper, expressed excitement during the recent signing of the contract for renovations of the Exuma Foundation Resource Centre which will become a temporary location for the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s (BTVI) satellite location.

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Summit Insurance CEO Timothy Ingraham elected BCCEC chairman along with new Board of Directors

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) held its Annual General Meeting and Election of its Board of Directors on November 30, 2023.  Timothy Ingraham (CEO of Summit Insurance Co. Ltd.) was elected as Chairman by the membership of the BCCEC to serve a two-year term and lead the Board [...]

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Another delay for Holmes Rock as other schools prepare for the fall term

The opening of the new Holmes Rock Junior High School has again been postponed despite the project being declared 90 percent complete last March. At that time, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Works Robert Mouzas stated that only electrical work and parking spaces remained to be done. "We feel that if we're supplied with ...
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Hanna-Martin speaks to countering social promotion in schools, improvement in math instruction, and strengthening of the technical and vocational stream

Strategies to counter the effects of social promotion in public schools are being implemented by the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training. Glenys Hanna-Martin, minister with responsibility for schools, shared steps toward this goal during the 2023 Public School Administrators' Conclave on August 14. "To counter the deleterious effects of social promotion, the ...
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Registrar general's office workers walk out over office conditions

Twenty employees at the Office of the Registrar General in Downtown Freeport walked out Wednesday morning in a one-day action, shutting down services to protest what they say are unhealthy working conditions.

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Nassau Night Market Dominoes Tournament

Saturday 25th May 2019  6:00 PM

Come on out this Saturday to experience flavorful foods, specialty drinks, browse through local art and enjoy this pop-up vendor street festival under the stars.
It's time to lay down some tiles and see who really is the best dominoes player out there! Play to win free meals, drinks, and products from the Nassau Night Market vendors. Play well enough and feed your whole family at this exciting fe...

"We need a new court complex'

CHIEF Justice Ian Winder has reignited calls for the construction of a new modern court complex, saying the time for a "complete judicial complex" has long passed as current facilities are ill suited and in a state of disrepair.

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The out island adventure of a lifetime

I swam with sharks in the ocean and lived, unscathed, to tell the tale! I snorkeled in and around 96-year-old ship wreck as my summer adventures through the out islands continued with a visit to the westernmost island in the archipelago - Bimini.

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Former MP's home destroyed by blaze

A FORMER member of Parliament for Long Island is left devastated by the loss of his family island home in a fire over the weekend.

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